Potidaea
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The Athenians took refuge in Potidaea, and afterwards recovered their dead under truce, and returned to Athens with the remnant of their army; four hundred and thirty men and all the generals having fallen.
From The History of the Peloponnesian War by Crawley, Richard
Having first taken Amphipolis, then Pydna, Potidaea next, Methone afterward, he invaded Thessaly.
From The Olynthiacs and the Phillippics of Demosthenes Literally translated with notes by Kennedy, Charles Rann
We catch glimpse of him as a soldier: from 432 to 429 he served at the siege of Potidaea; at Delium in 424; and at Amphipolis in 422.
From The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 by Morris, Kenneth
They arrived in Thrace forty days after the revolt of Potidaea.
From The History of the Peloponnesian War by Crawley, Richard
They order us to raise the siege of Potidaea, to let Aegina be independent, to revoke the Megara decree; and they conclude with an ultimatum warning us to leave the Hellenes independent.
From The History of the Peloponnesian War by Crawley, Richard
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